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"Baby Series 3"Written By: Karina Rating: PG Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Pairing: Wu Fei + Duo Notes: Challenge 100. Baby Series 3 #68. Takes
place thirty minutes following This Day. Many thanks to ShenLong for her work betaing
this fic.
Midnight Flit “Did you have any trouble?” Duo eased the throttle forward, feeling the power of the engines building. Wu Fei settled into the co-pilot's seat, strapped himself in and rubbed his shoulders into the back of the seat. “No. I’ve got him belted in with Stephen, who is asleep. It was easier than I thought.” Duo grunted softly as the jet began to build up speed. He could hear the chatter of the control tower as he taxied to their designated runway. No one knew the King and Crown Prince were on the flight; Pagan was handling security with his usual efficiency. Wu Fei thought it had been frighteningly easy to spirit father and son from the palace, making use of secret passages and the cover of darkness. They had hours to dawn and it would be another hour or two more before anyone discovered their absence. “It would be damnably easy to take off and turn this jet to a new flight path. We could have the pair of them off the planet before dawn and away from the niceties of politics and living the lie.” Duo considered his companion in silence for a long moment. That was not what he expected to hear from Chang, but the idea of abducting Milliardo certainly did not distress him. “Is that what you want?” “Yes. And no.” At least Chang was being honest and he could understand how Wu Fei would be tempted to throw it all away and run off from the life that threatened to tie him down as securely as Milliardo was bound. “I would not object to doing a midnight flit. It's all well and good living in the lap of luxury, but if it involved living with that man and you… I could live on the streets again quite happily.” “I will not run from my fate any more than he has run from his. We are eternally bound by our bloodlines and by the honour of our respective houses. From that there is no escape.” Duo throttled back on the engine as he was requested to wait by the Control Tower. A cargo jet that dwarfed the craft Pagan had instructed him to prepare screamed past, landing on the intersecting runway and the smaller craft shuddered with its passing. At the go ahead from the tower he gave the engines more power and they resumed taxiing toward their designated runway. “What did you tell him?” Wu Fei sighed and worked at a kink in his shoulders, rotating one arm as the plane came about and settled at the head of the runway. “The truth.” “And?” “He picked up Stephen and followed without another word.” Duo grunted softly as Chang donned his headset and checked his flight controls. “Ready whenever you are.” The voice of the traffic controller gave them permission to take off and the jet was soon high in the air, settling into their flight path. “Italy, here we come,” Duo murmured. ~ * ~ |
